One of the brightest prides of the Latvian classical music movement – the violinist – will shine at the 30th Liepāja International Star Festival, which is traditionally organized by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra (LSO) at the beginning of spring. Vineta Sareika.
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The concert will take place on March 5 at 6 pm in the concert hall “Lielais dzintars”. Together with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO) conducted by Andris Poga, the outstanding Latvian violinist Vineta Sareika will perform Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto.
The Latvian violinist Vineta Sareika, who lives in Berlin, is the first violin in the world-famous and critically acclaimed Artemis Quartet, and she has just joined one of Europe’s best symphony orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic.
Vineta Sareika’s international career began on a large scale in 2009, when she won the Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition. Since then, the musician, as a soloist, has been invited to collaborate with outstanding orchestras and conductors around the world and plays in famous concert halls from Carnegie Hall in New York to Isumi Hall in Osaka.
In 2010, she also won the Latvian Grand Music Award in the category “For Outstanding Interpretation”.
“Brahms Violin Concerto is one of my favorite compositions, which I did not dare to attend for a long time due to piety,” says Vineta Sareika. “This work is special because of its enormous inner strength, heartbreaking lyricism, but also because it is not written as a typical solo concert accompanied by an orchestra, where the soloist can show his virtuosity. The violin part is fully integrated into the symphonic soundtrack here. is a tandem, a constant dialogue, in harmony with the orchestra’s musicians, something very close to chamber music. “
Johannes Brahms wrote his only violin concerto, which includes episodes full of passion, peace and quiet, in close collaboration with a friend, one of the brightest violinists of the 19th century, Joseph Joakim, who called the piece “one of the four great German violins”. “, alongside the masterpieces of Ludwig van Beethoven, Max Bruhr and Felix Mendelssohn. In the premiere, which took place on January 1, 1879, the concert program was opened with Beethoven and concluded with Brahms’ Violin Concerto, highlighting the close connection and succession of the two compositions.
Andris Dzenītis’ Second Symphony “Warm Wind” will also have its world premiere in the program of this evening.
Initially, the performance of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra at the Stars Festival was planned with the participation of violinist Baiba Skride.
It has already been reported that the Liepaja International Star Festival will take place for the 30th time from March 4 to 12, 2022. The Spring Music Festival organized by the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra will bring together outstanding musicians of various genres in five concerts and will offer premieres of new compositions. Well-known soloists in Latvia and abroad, such as organist Iveta Apkalna, pianists Reinis Zariņš and Aleksandrs Melņikovs, flutist Dita Krenberga, violinist Vineta Sareika, opera singer Hibla Gerzmava, as well as string quartet from Great Britain, Albion Quart, will perform at the festival.
Tickets are available for purchase “Ticket Paradise” box offices.
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